
Twitter Is Afraid To Ask What This Japanese Mascot Is Supposed To Be
By Mustafa GatollariNov. 18 2019, Updated 2:24 p.m. ET
If there's a country that really takes pride in their mascots, it is Japan. I don't know what it is about the culture or the country, but in a mascot-off between any other country, I know that the land of the rising sun will take the top prize every single time just for their sheer enthusiasm in crafting some of the most ridiculously awesome mascots the world has ever seen. I mean, just look at this thing.
【報告】謎チョウチンアンコウ進化。#提灯鮟鱇対策本部 #提鮟対 #chibalotte pic.twitter.com/6O1tPVpdv3
— パ・リーグTV公式 (@PacificleagueTV) June 11, 2017
And it looks like they'll come up with a mascot to sell just about anything. Licorice? Let's come up with a mascot. A toothbrush? Mascot. Tire cleaner? Well I've got a marketing tool for you and it begins with a "ma" and ends with a "scot".
Just take a look at this little penguin-faced darling. Cute, right?
はじめまして!「かんちゃん」です。
— イチジク製薬株式会社 (@ichijikuseiyaku) August 2, 2017
これから、いろいろな場所に行く予定だよ。
みんな よろしくね。 pic.twitter.com/AACOP6H9nC
People, at first, couldn't figure out what this mascot was supposed to be. An adorable little penguin? A cute and cuddly little mythical creature that was developed solely for the purpose of selling whatever it's supposed to be selling?
I'm afraid to ask what this is supposed to be. https://t.co/JC0T3xERK5
— 立合い (@tachiai_blog) August 2, 2017
But deep down inside, they knew the truth. If you ask me, it's obvious this thing is a giant, sentient enema. I mean just look at it. It's begging to clean a butt.
it's an enema, you guys. they made an enema mascot https://t.co/TrG3NI2DWk pic.twitter.com/jo1T6p5LOU
— Spoon & Tamago (@Johnny_Strategy) August 3, 2017
No amount of vacant stares or empty, pleasant smiles can change that - this is an enema. An enema mascot. A mascot that's also an enema. Yikes.
His name is "kan-chan" and he's going places.
— Spoon & Tamago (@Johnny_Strategy) August 3, 2017
Make way for Ichijiku Pharmaceutical's new enema mascot who has "plans to go many different places." (I can only imagine one.) https://t.co/N4swHpFzTJ
— johnny cassidy (@OldYoungCassidy) August 2, 2017
And he has a name: Kan-Chan. The enema penguin. My god.
Everyone, say hello to Kan-chan, the... um... enema penguin? https://t.co/XH2MgwwCPt
— Wil Alambre (@wilalambre) August 3, 2017
Welcome to Japan, where they have mascots specifically designed to sell you butt cleansers.
Of all the things that gets a mascot.... https://t.co/Q6IcLCoiDg
— サーモンとろ (@salmontoro) August 3, 2017
Please don't let this phrase catch on.
you mean enemascot
— Harri Granholm (@hgranholm) August 3, 2017
But if you've spent any time in Japan at all, or even just browsing, "weird Japanese mascots," then Kan-Chan the enemascot probably won't surprise you.
Shoutout to the weird mascots I get to see in Japanese super markets pic.twitter.com/njVZh1PAgC
— Lauren B (@renbice) June 14, 2015
Japanese mascots are so weird, but I'm starting to like this one. XDD His name is Kumamon~ pic.twitter.com/8gkfggci1H
— 【カトリーナ】 (@WingsOfBlades) March 31, 2014